Germany's Far Right AfD Exploits Passivity and Resentment to Enter the Mainstream
Denijal Jegić | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-03
While the AfD party emerges as a leading voice of political opposition, the government downplays its danger and even co-opts its xenophobic messaging. | The post Germany's Far Right AfD Exploits Passivity and Resentment to Enter the Mainstream appeared first on MintPress News.
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Climate Change Is a Major Midterm Issue. Corporate Media Are Ignoring It
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-10-03
Recent polling shows that 73 percent of voters believe climate change is occurring, while 57 percent of voters understand it is caused by human activity. | These poll numbers are surprising, given the context of an overall lack of adequate reportage of climate change in the corporate media. | With midterm elections nearing, the fact th…
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After Chemnitz: Germany's Extreme Right Exploits Government Passivity and Public Resentment to Enter the Mainstream
Denijal Jegić | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-02
While the AfD party emerges as a leading voice of political opposition, the government downplays its danger and even co-opts… | The post After Chemnitz: Germany's Extreme Right Exploits Government Passivity and Public Resentment to Enter the Mainstream appeared first on Grayzone Project.
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Here's How a Fox News Host Shamelessly Tried to Dismiss New Report of Trump's Extensive Tax Dodging
Cody Fenwick, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-02
The report was rigorously reported and supported by thousands of documents. | When major damaging news break about President Donald Trump — as it often does — nearly every mainstream news station drops whatever it was working on to cover the latest bombshell. The biggest exception to that pattern, of course, is Fox News, which ignores or plays down many stunning stories about the president. And when the New York Times published a. . .
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Is China-led Belt and Road Initiative Afraid of Competition?
Gerry Brown | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-02
Hardly a day goes by without some lies about Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) being concocted and disseminated by the empire's propaganda arm, also known as corporate media. In the first 2 or 3 years after BRI was launched, western press and politicians fabricated the narrative that Beijing sought to export its excess production capacity…
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More Democrats Sign On to Stop Yemen War, But is Enough Being Done?
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-09-28
With 23 co-sponsors for a new measure that would withdraw U.S. forces from the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, Rep. Ro Khanna says that ending the war is "now a mainstream position within the Democratic Party." Bill co-sponsor Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee discusses the measure and whether… | The post More Democrats Sign On to Stop Yemen War, But is…
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The Battle for Our Minds
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-09-25
There are battlefields in Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere, but given the state of corporate media, perhaps the most consequential battle now being fought is for our minds, says Patrick Lawrence. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News After reading… Read more ?…
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Censored Documentary Exposes the Israeli Government's Attack on Black Lives Matter
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-09-05
Exclusive footage from the censored Al Jazeera documentary, "The Lobby — USA," shows Israeli government officials taking credit for attacks… | The post Censored Documentary Exposes the Israeli Government's Attack on Black Lives Matter appeared first on Grayzone Project.
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